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Old 29-06-2009, 17:28   #1
04 Marine
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: California's High Desert, Yucca Valley, CA
Boat: Ingrid 38 S/V Semper Fi
Posts: 60
Use of Inverters

Electrical is not my strong suit. I understand the concept of how many watts an inverter puts out and the basic use of limiting actual usage to I've been told about 75% of the rated wattage available. That is of course a rule of thumb. I suspect the inverter has some surge capacity above it's rated value.

However, How do I compute the draw down on my 12V batteries if you wife wants to use a hair dryer for 15 or 20 minutes. I guess if there is such a thing, I'm looking for the magic bullet formula that will tell me that if I use 15 amps at 120V I will need X amount of amps in the batteries to make that available.

Glen
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